[81625] in Cypherpunks
Can you say anti-trust? [CNN]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Choate)
Wed Jun 11 22:12:53 1997
From: Jim Choate <ravage@EINSTEIN.ssz.com>
To: cypherpunks@EINSTEIN.ssz.com (Cypherpunks Distributed Remailer)
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 20:13:09 -0500 (CDT)
Reply-To: Jim Choate <ravage@EINSTEIN.ssz.com>
Forwarded message:
> CNN logo
>
> MICROSOFT, NETSCAPE JOIN FORCES IN WEB PRIVACY BATTLE
>
> June 11, 1997
> Web posted at: 1:56 p.m. EDT (1756 GMT) web graphic
>
> WASHINGTON (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. and Netscape Communications
> Corp., two of the Internet's biggest rivals, Wednesday announced a
> stunning alliance aimed at more tightly controlling the personal
> information that businesses collect about World Wide Web users.
>
> The teaming of the two software competitors reflected the heightened
> concern in the business community that government regulators may
> impose rules to crack down on privacy intrusions by Internet
> companies.
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